Synonyms for rappel
ræˈpɛl, rə-rap·pel

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1. rappel, abseilverb

   (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body

   Synonyms:
   abseil

2. rappel, abseil, rope downverb

   lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

   "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"

   Synonyms:
   rope down, abseil

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1. List of paraphrases for "rappel":

   reminder, recall

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1. Josh Morris:

   The goal is to try and find the chimney, drill some bolts, put some ropes in and rappel down into different chimneys to wiggle down into the cave maze to see if we can get to the main passage, the key is finding the right hole. If you find the right hole it may not take very long. It's just whether you can find the right hole because they are all over the hillside.

2. Doug Coleman:

   Bridge day is the one day out of the year that the bridge is closed to traffic and we celebrate the bridge, typically, 80 to 100,000 people show up, 400 people bring their parachutes to jump. You can rappel from the catwalk. It's a big festival.

3. Harry Kent:

   One guy froze at the top, and it took him 30 minutes to get up the courage to rappel over the edge, another guy got settled in and, rather than eat dinner right away, he had to stream an NBA playoff game from his iPhone.